[stylist] Art show on vision thought

[Lynda Lambert]

Robert,
My painter friend has done a painting that shows the viewer what she "sees." 
Since she has Stargatz (sp) she sees everything greatly fragmented - her 
sight has been declining significantly the past couple of years.  She owns 
the gallery where my work is sold, and that is how I met her initially. I 
have Ischemic Optic Neuropathy, from 2 strokes (one in each eye), so my 
vision is nothing like hers. Mine is a perpetual snowstorm at twilight. The 
interesting thing is that we both use an Acrobat CCTV to do our work. 
Without the ability to use that piece of equipment, I would certainly not be 
able to do the kind of work that I do. Still, a large part of what I do is 
done non-visually for that, too.

For my pottery, it is done non-visually from beginnign to end - and I use an 
assistant and sometimes two of them, to help me with glazing and firing.

Yes, we are anxious to get this show on the museum schedule - would like it 
to be in 2015 so we have two full years to really put it together, but would 
do it in 2014 if the museum want it then.

Will keep you posted as it progresses. Thanks so much for your colorful 
description of how you SEE. It is so interesting!

Lynda









----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 10:36 PM
Subject: [stylist] Art show on vision thought


> Lynda
> Your proposal of an art show with the other blind artist --- first, super
> good, interesting to eventually know what you two come up with to show. 
> One
> thought that came to mind is an art piece on what it looks like to be
> totally blind, from within the blind person's head (or perspective,
> minds-eye. Meaning --- talking as a person who once had sight, and now has
> no visual ability what so ever (I see just as good out of the back of my
> head as I do the front) yet --- what I see 24-7 is --- I see dozens and
> dozens or even hundreds of bits of different colors floating around on a
> dark gray background ; much like a kaleidoscope. Most of the colors are
> pastille, appearing to being illuminated by a source of light. sometimes
> these  bits of colors merge into what I would consider to have a visual
> texture similar to a piece of carpet. And what is interesting, I've talked
> to several other blind people who also see the same basic thing (again,
> these are individuals who once were sighted and are now totally blind).
> Yeah, when someone asks me if being blind is like black or nothingness ---  
> I
> say, "Nope. It's very colorful!"
>
> (Side note, humor and all --- nope, I've never tried LSD.)
>
>
>
>
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